CIDRAP News: Ebola outbreak continues to grow in multiple DRC sites “Over the weekend and through [Monday], the ministry of health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recorded 16 new Ebola cases from towns and cities across North Kivu and Ituri provinces, including Butembo (6 cases), Katwa (5),…

CNN: Up to 319 people dead as Congo Ebola outbreak worsens “One of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history continues to worsen in the Democratic Republic of Congo with as many as 319 people now dead. The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that 542 Ebola cases had been recorded in…

New York Times: The World Needs a Urine Test for TB. But It’s Already Here. “For at least a decade, one of the most urgent needs in public health was a urine dipstick that could quickly diagnose tuberculosis in the most vulnerable population: those with advanced HIV. Now that test…

CIDRAP News: Ebola hits 539 cases as outreach efforts extend in Beni “The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ministry of health [Monday] and over the weekend confirmed 18 new Ebola cases, including nine deaths, in the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the northwest. The new…

Associated Press: ‘Young miracle’: Baby recovers from Ebola in Congo outbreak “They call her the ‘young miracle.’ A baby who was admitted to an Ebola treatment center just six days after birth is now recovered from the virus. Congo’s health ministry calls the baby the youngest survivor in what is…

Washington Post: On a Bat’s Wing and a Prayer “…[B]ats carry the deadly Marburg virus, as fearsome and mysterious as its cousin Ebola. Scientists know that the virus starts in these animals, and they know that when it spreads to humans it is lethal — Marburg kills up to nine…

New York Times: In Remote Villages, Surprising New Measures Save Children With Malaria “…Now, after 13 years of effort, a set of stopgap measures to keep youngsters alive long enough to get them to a clinic has been developed. Initial testing suggests the measures can dramatically cut death rates; in…

CIDRAP News: DRC Ebola cases approach 500 as infections continue “Over the weekend and through [Monday] the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR) reported 13 new Ebola cases in several outbreak areas, as neighboring South Sudan prepared to vaccinate health care and frontline workers in bordering regions. … In its…